The size of the middle temporal area in primates

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Frahm, Heiko D ^a   Zilles, Karl ^a   Schleicher, Axel ^a   Stephan, Heinz ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Evolution; Lateral geniculate body; Middle temporal visual area; Primary visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; TEMPORAL LOBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 23744450708     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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